| Official Name: | Steamboat, Jackson County, Oregon |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Steamboat |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jackson |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2503 |
| Coordinates: | 42.0756°N -123.205°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1150371[1] |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System |
Steamboat is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.[1] It lies along Carberry Creek, a tributary of the Applegate River, in the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest. Slightly west of Steamboat is the Jackson–Josephine county border, and the border with California is about 6miles to the south.[2]
According to Oregon Geographic Names (OGN), the name Steamboat derives from a mining term, "steamboated", meaning worked out or not up to expectations.[3] Steamboat Mine is slightly northeast of Steamboat.[4] The community had a post office named Steamboat that operated from 1888 to 1915.[3]
Other geographic features in the state have been similarly named, for example Steamboat Mountain near Steamboat and Steamboat Creek in the Calapooya Mountains.[3] The creek is associated with another unincorporated community named Steamboat in Douglas County.[2]